[Info-vax] Reimplementing VMS, was: Re: HP adds OpenVMS Mature Product Support beyond the end of Standard Support

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-02-04, JohnF <john at please.see.sig.for.email.com> wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Sector7
> Yeah, thanks Stephen. That's the one mentioned by Keith
> that seemed to me like the "real thing".
>
>>> Thanks. P.S. Got any free ones?
>> haha that's just so cute.
>
> Why? There are quite a few enormous projects available
> for free. Of course, the demand for a "vms api" is probably
> insufficient to attract any serious gpl development effort.
>    But I think a smaller effort might be feasible, based on
> the 80/20 idea that 80% of programs only use (the same) 20%
> of vms services. And some of the more usual stuff, like
> mailboxes, event flags, logical names, etc, seems reasonably
> doable. Likewise, some subset of rms. Whereas some stuff maybe
> not so easy, e.g., The sector7 ui stuff like fms and smg
> (did they have tdms?) certainly caught my eye -- surely worth
> paying for if you need it.

I see that Sector7 offer a 30 day evaluation of:

o - VX/Tools Includes: VX/BASIC, VX/DataX, VX/DCL and VX/JSP, VX/FMS,
    VX/RMS, VX/RT, and VX/SMG
o - VC/DCL and VX/JSP (an implementation of the VMS BATCH & PRINT spooler)

The evaluation request form has a Home/Hobbyist user category for both
organisation type and intended use.

-- 
Paul Sture